GAME THREAD - Ravens/Colts

[Sephy]

Hey guys! Back in action today. Been out of town the last 2 weeks, but here we go. Why don't we just leave it all on the field and see if we can get a win today? That's what I would do!

See you in just over an hour. GO RAVENS!!!!!!!!!!

:jester:

[StingerNLG]

Hey Sephy. My wife had our baby son 12 days early, so I am home today watching the game while she's resting. So I'll be in the thread today.

Welcome back Seph!!

[Raveninwoodlawn]

Hey Sephy. My wife had our baby son 12 days early, so I am home today watching the game while she's resting. So I'll be in the thread today.

Welcome back Seph!!

Congrats Sting!

And welcome back Seph!

Not optimistic about todays game, but what the hell...just leave it all on the field guys.

[Sephy]

Ravens deactivated: John Beck, Matt Lawrence, Jalen Parmele, Terrell Suggs, Oniel Cousins, Tony Moll, Brandon McKinney and Kelly Talavou

Colts deactivated: Adam Vinatieri, Anthony Gonzalez, Jim Sorgi, Kelvin Hayden, Mike Hart, Aaron Francisco, Gijon Robinson and Mike Pollak

Kickoff in minutes.

[TTRaven]

Time to shock the world!

Congrats Stinger!

[Sephy]

Wow Sting, congrats. Hope we can get a win for him today.

[Sephy]

Cundiff in to kick off.

Simpson handled at the 12! Nice coverage and kick.

[StingerNLG]

Thanks guys!

We defer??? WTF?? Take the ball John!!

Nice ST work there on the kickoff though!!

[TTRaven]

Thanks guys!

We defer??? WTF?? Take the ball John!!

Nice ST work there on the kickoff though!!

I like the move to defer with how slow this team starts.

[Sephy]

1st, Peyton with tons of time, no pass rush, goes deep for a well double covered Garcon, incomplete.
2nd, give to Addai going off tackle left for no gain. Maybe 1 if they're generous.
3rd and long, Webb in the slot, crowd loud, Ray smacks Peyton as he hits Wayne for a big gain to the 29. Again, too much time. Wayne wide open in the zone.

[Sephy]

1st, give to Addai, great penetration by Barnes and Gregg who drops him for a one yard loss.
2nd and 11, Webb on Clark, who blitzes, Peyton goes deep for Garcon who soundly beat the terrible Washington, and gets all the way inside the 10. Reed finally stopped him in the redzone.

Fabian is PATHETIC.

[TTRaven]

Fabian gets his ass beat yet again!

[StingerNLG]

And this is what is going to happen all day long.

Sigh.

[Flipping Birdie]

hahahahaha

[Sephy]

1st, Addai gets down to the 3.
2nd and goal from the 3, Reed on Clark now, who shifted, left Foxworth on him, who lets him get wide open and makes a beautiful 1 hand catch for a TD.

Our cornerbacks are a fucking JOKE.

7-0 Colts.

[StingerNLG]

What the fuck.

Good job deferring there Harbs.

[TTRaven]

Are you fucking kidding me? Foxworth needs to know that Clark is his man on that play. Reed had the inside coverage on the WR.

[Sephy]

You may as well move Fabian to nickel now, cause he is gonna get destroyed all day if Webb isn't out there.

If we somehow win this, its a shootout, and no other way.

[Sephy]

What the fuck.

Good job deferring there Harbs.

Don't think you can pin this on Harbaugh...

[Beerracuda]

Fabian Washington getting burned looking into the backfield (ala McAlister on Marvin Harrison), then Foxworth blows his assignment on Clark.....

This is gonna be a long day. Fuck these CBs

[Sephy]

And Webb fumbles.

Unbelievable.

[StingerNLG]

Oh shit. And now a fumble?? What the hell.

May as well challenge.

[TTRaven]

Looked like Webb was down. He's pretty much sitting down and then the ball comes out.

[Irishraven]

Not a fun start :thumbdown:

[Sephy]

Harbaugh is challenging. Tough call. Could see this going either way. His left knee/shin APPEARS to be down, but it really is split second.

[StingerNLG]

Don't think you can pin this on Harbaugh...

In a way though you can. If you know the Colts passing attack is better than your secondary (and come on, Harbaugh HAS to know this), then you take the ball and at least try to score first and if anything the Colts have to tie the game.

[Raveninwoodlawn]

I think Ed Reed jumped that route and guessed wrong...AGAIN.

If not...that was one pathetic scheme...who has 2 guys out there and has them switch man in the middle of the damn play? If you are gonna play zone, you need another guy out there.

Not blaming Foxworth on that...it looks like the typical "closest man looks like the guy who got beat" play.

Washington however, is straight ass garbage.

And there is the fumble.

I give up...this has been a very tough year.

At least when Billick crashed and burned the year following good ones, we got top 10 draft picks. This year, we are gonna finish at 8-8 and get a mediocre pick in the middle of the round.

[UKRavenGordon]

Worse way for this game to start?

[Sephy]

I think based on that last replay he was down.

And it is reversed. yay!

[Irishraven]

Worse way for this game to start?

This day can only get better...or what is left of it :(

[OriAl]

This looks just like the game a few years ago. Easy Irsays' TD on first possession, then we turn over the ball on our first possession. 14-0, game over right away.

Why run out of the end zone?

Whew - no fumble.

[UKRavenGordon]

Bullet dodged

[StingerNLG]

WOW. Did we dodge a bullet there!

[CRZA938]

We got a call!!!

[Sephy]

1st, Rice for 2 out of the I. Gumbel said 3-4. Don't know where the hell he gets that.
2nd and 8, Rice for another 2. That 2 apparently was very little. When the other 2 was 4. Oh, announcers.
3rd and 6, bullet quick hit to KW going outside for 8. First down.

[Sephy]

1st, from the 33, dump to Rice on the swing who gets about 3-4.
2nd and 6, pump fake and give to Rice for 5. Short 3rd down.
3rd and 1, Clayton motions to the backfield and FB give to McClain for 2-3 and a first.

[Sephy]

1st, shotgun complete to Mason for 10 and another first.

[TTRaven]

Gaither and Oher are doing an outstanding job on Freeney and Mathis so far.

[Sephy]

1st, from the Colts 45, give to Willis for 4.
2nd and 6, Flacco confused, calls timeout.

[StingerNLG]

Argh! And a time out.

Just when we were getting some rhythm.

[CRZA938]

Argh! And a time out.

Just when we were getting some rhythm.

We seem to do this a lot. Surprising at home...

[Sephy]

According to WNST, Chester couldn't get his shoe on in time- that's why they took a TO. lol.

2nd and 6, Flacco pumps, looks off, dumps to Willis who shakes off his first man and gets over 6 for a first. Nice, Willis.

[StingerNLG]

Nice hard running Willis!

How about we take a shot into the endzone and stop compressing the passing lanes.

[TTRaven]

That's a big play if Flacco has one more second.

[StingerNLG]

Oh man. A little less on that ball and Mason could have had it.

And Cundiff..............makes it!

[Sephy]

1st, from the 34, PA, Flacco going for Mason and well batted away by Lacey. Good coverage. Great job by Gaither and Oher right now.
2nd, give to Rice who looked like he had a huge hole with Oher in the 2nd level, and Rice gets luckily (for the Colts) tripped up after only 6. He had a huge gain coming there.
3rd and 4, Flacco overthrows Mason. About a yard or 2.

Cundiff on from 46 - squeaks inside the right upright. And the crowd goes nuts - LOL..
7-3 Colts.

[TTRaven]

Welcome to Baltimore Billy Cundiff! The crowd would have turned quick if he missed that.

[OriAl]

No touchdown, of course. FG sneaks through. 7-3.

[CRZA938]

Mason was getting held on that 3rd down try...

[Irishraven]

Mason was getting held on that 3rd down try...

That was my first thought and after looking at the replay, I still think that!

[CRZA938]

That was my first thought and after looking at the replay, I still think that!

The hold was for a good 2 seconds...

[CRZA938]

We're ballin!!!

[Sephy]

Colts start at the 24.

1st, PA, Peyton looking deep and it is popped up by Fabian going for Clark, and it falls right into the arms of Landry who returns it for 10 yards! RAVENS FOOTBALL!!!

[TTRaven]

There we go D! Fabian makes that play!

[StingerNLG]

Holy shit!!! Interception!!! Fabian makes a play!

[TTRaven]

Flacco almost gives it right back.

[StingerNLG]

Damn, that would have been a great touchdown.

Flacco has to get control of these passes! And could we throw to someone else OTHER than Mason?

[Irishraven]

Holy shit!!! Interception!!! Fabian makes a play!

Sweet! Maybe that will make him think twice about going deep again!

[Sephy]

1st from the 29 now, Rice fights for 3.
2nd and 7, PA, goes endzone for Mason and Bullitt flies from the safety position to knock it. Lucky that wasn't picked. Flacco definitely didn't see him there.
3rd and 7, pass to Mason batted away by Jennings.

Flacco doesn't quite look himself on those.

Cundiff on from 44 - this one is perfect. 7-6 Colts.

[Irishraven]

Well, we need to be putting up 7's because the kicks just ain't gonna cut it in this game!

[StingerNLG]

I will say this though. At least we're throwing intermediate passes today instead of checking everything down. That should open up the running game a little more.

[TTRaven]

Block in the back. Thought they weren't going to call it for a second.

[StingerNLG]

Woah!!! A penalty on ST in OUR FAVOR????

WHAT??

[OriAl]

That was pathetic. This team refuses to score TDs in the first half, no matter what breaks they get.

See how a team can be stopped from the opponent's 30 yard line by poor execution and good defense? Patriots could have done what the Irsays just did to us last week after they didn't make fourth and two.

[Sephy]

Block in the back starts Peyton at the 11.

1st, give to Addai who cuts back well and gets about 6 or 7.
2nd and 3, quick completion to Santi for about 4. First.

[Sephy]

1st, PA, quick pass to Santi who was wide open and runs just past midfield. Right over Ray. Peyton is too good.

[StingerNLG]

Sigh

[OriAl]

Again, no pass rush and no coverage.

Of course, we aren't using the middle against a secondary which has struggled.

[StingerNLG]

He's short!! He's got to be short.

[TTRaven]

Justin Bannan was held big time on that play. The guy was practically choking him.

[Sephy]

1st from the 47, Addai for 2.
KC beating Pittsburgh? WTF?
2nd and 8, play fake, but well pressured, Ravens got pressure up the middle. Ball incomplete for Wayne.
3rd and long, crowd getting really loud, complete to Addai but stopped for a yard short of the first down.
Colts will go for this.
4th and pretty damn short, Peyton has to take a TO.

[Sephy]

Justin Bannan was held big time on that play. The guy was practically choking him.

Indeed. It was pretty bad. Not surprisingly, no call.

4th and short, Addai gets it, but holding is called! Ngata got great penetration and Ngata got tackled by Saturday. Clear as day.

They will punt now.

[StingerNLG]

Hell yeah!!!! It's about time we started getting these calls!


Nice tackle by Jeff Saturday though. :)


Ahhhhh, Chris "I'm afraid of being touched" Carr with another fair catch.

[Sephy]

Fair catch at the 10.

1st, Willis for 2.5. That will probably end the quarter.

[CRZA938]

Hello Haloti, welcome back!

[Irishraven]

Hell yeah!!!! It's about time we started getting these calls!


Nice tackle by Jeff Saturday though. :)


Ahhhhh, Chris "I'm afraid of being touched" Carr with another fair catch.

Errrrrr why can't we get someone who isn't afraid to run it back!!!

[TTRaven]

Hell yeah!!!! It's about time we started getting these calls!


Nice tackle by Jeff Saturday though. :)


Ahhhhh, Chris "I'm afraid of being touched" Carr with another fair catch.

Chris Carr should change his last name to fair catch. I guess seeing him call a fair catch is better than having to watch him run sideline to sideline for a gain of 2 yards.

[StingerNLG]

LOL Cleveland 24 - Lions 3 after 1.

[StingerNLG]

Damnit Oher!! He's got to stop jumping like that. He does this a lot.

Still love him though/

[TTRaven]

You can't have those penalties that put in a 3rd and long situation.

[Irishraven]

LOL Cleveland 24 - Lions 3 after 1.

Doesn't make me happy, I had the Lions beating the Browns and its the one result thats gonna ruin everything!:wrong

[Sephy]

2nd and 8, McGahee for 4.
3rd and 4, false start on Oher. I don't think that's a false start, he usually just gets back fast. On the replay, definitely a false start.
3rd and 9, Flacco has to dump to Rice for only 2. Ugh. This just looks bad. Flacco had plenty of time, I don't know why he looked a little quick to get rid of it there.

Punt to the 45, but a flag should push that back.

[TTRaven]

How bad are these announcers?

[StingerNLG]

It must be a lack of receiver seperation or Flacco just dumping it down because he's looking too fast.

And again, why can't we throw the ball in the middle of the field??

[Sephy]

1st from the 32, PA, slant to Garcon for about 5.
2nd and 5, give to Brown who is stopped up for no gain. Maybe a half yard loss.
3rd and 5.5, blitz comes, Peyton goes to the opposite side for about 10 to Collie.

[StingerNLG]

Gee Foxworth. If you weren't playing 12 yards off the fucking receiver.

[Sephy]

1st from the 49, Brown goes way east-west, and finds a seam and gets about 5 or so.
2nd and 4.5, Santi caught about a half yard short of the marker.
3rd and short, Peyton forced to take another TO.

[Sephy]

3rd, Brown gets it. And Ray hurts his ankle but gets up.

[Sephy]

1st, PA, Peyton looks for a long time, rolls right, and throws away.
2nd, deep and PICKED BY REED BACK TO MIDFIELD!!!!!!!

[TTRaven]

Reeeeeeed!

[StingerNLG]

Reeeeeeeed!!!!!!!

Holy shit! Nice interception!!!!

[Lee Van Cleef]

What's that you say? Reed is no good anymore?

[UKRavenGordon]

The best god damned safety in the NFL. Period. No freaking arguement.

[Irishraven]

The best god damned safety in the NFL. Period. No freaking arguement.

How long have we been saying this now?

[TTRaven]

Now lets run the clock and put points on the board.

[Sephy]

Reed was playing very deep basically at the endzone, and he played the ball as well as he normally does, and gets almost back to midfield.

COME ON, JOE!

[UKRavenGordon]

How long have we been saying this now?

Lol, had a monday arguement about this. No idea why some people doubt him.

[Sephy]

1st, PA, looking deep and nothing, dumps to LeRon for 5.
2nd and 5, Rice gets those 5 and a first. LETS GO!!

[StingerNLG]

Notice Foxworth was once again beaten.

[BlackSunday]

Is it time to drag out The Gift that Keeps on Giving?

BS

[UKRavenGordon]

Running game starting to gain more and more on 1st down.

[Irishraven]

Lol, had a monday arguement about this. No idea why some people doubt him.

Because just like so many fans, their memory only goes back to the last play

[Sephy]

1st from the 42, Rice cuts back and gets 6. You can't even see him in that pile he looks so small, but man does he run strong.
2nd and 4.5, give to Rice who bounces outside and has Flacco basically as a lead blocker, but Rice outran him pretty quick down to the 22!

NICE!

[StingerNLG]

Woah! A little trickery??

Nice run Ray!

[StingerNLG]

Because just like so many fans, their memory only goes back to the last play

Or half of the season.

[StingerNLG]

What the fuck was that???

Damnit. But here we go. Billy Cundiff again.

And.......THE LEAD!! Welcome to Baltimore Billy Cundiff!

Hauschka must be kicking himself.......and missing left.

[Sephy]

1st, give to Rice who gets swallowed up for no gain after spinning off a man. Good penetration by Colts front.
2nd and 10, Rice cuts back and stopped after 3.
3rd and 7, LJ Smith in, Colts blitz up the middle and the pass is incomplete. No chance there.

Cundiff on from 38 - perfect. 9-7 Ravens! Need to start getting TDs, quickly.

Cam needs to do something to adjust for the coverage on the wideouts - Flacco is seeing nothing downfield.

[UKRavenGordon]

God damn I love this team. 9-7, a lead against the team that were going to blow us out!

[TTRaven]

Going into the half with this lead would be huge. We need to start scoring td's though. Field Goals are not going to beat the Colts.

[Irishraven]

We are getting plenty of the ball but we need to punch in a few TDs - come on Flacco!!!!

[CRZA938]

Cam needs to do something to adjust for the coverage on the wideouts - Flacco is seeing nothing downfield.

Yup, a double move would be nice as well. They are jumping the unders...

Nice to see D Will in the mix.

[Sephy]

Simpson stopped soundly at the 20.

[Sephy]

1st, Addai to the 40. Wow. Huge run. Ray looks bad. That ankle is killling him.

[StingerNLG]

Oh Webb!! Out of position.

And this is why field goals won't work against the Colts. Thankfully we'll get the ball back in the second half, but damnit we need touchdowns!!

[Sephy]

1st, Santi makes a tough catch for another 15 or so.

1st, Addai for 5. Santi goes off. Struggling after that hit by Landry.
2nd and 5, give to Addai, wrapped up by JJ for a loss of a half yard.
3rd and 5.5, Webb blocked HARD on the blitz, and Wayne beats Foxworth to the 20 for a first.

Harbs is challenging. I think this is a bad call.

[StingerNLG]

And AGAIN on 3rd and short our corners are playing 10 yards off the damn receiver!!!

[TTRaven]

Why would Harbaugh even think about challenging that?

[Sephy]

Decides not to. Didn't know you could do that.

1st from the 18. Addai runs into Ray and moves him. He doesn't look himself.

2 minute warning.

[UKRavenGordon]

Why would Harbaugh even think about challenging that?

Because it gives our guys upstairs a second look to decide if its worth the challenge.

[Sephy]

2nd and 5, 1:58 left, screen to Garcon to the 5. 1st and goal.

[Irishraven]

I hope they can sort Ray out at half time!

[Sephy]

1st, Addai dances in for the TD.

14-9 Colts. Need Joe to come in and get some points going into halftime here.

[StingerNLG]

And touchdown Colts.

So, here is the question that I never thought I'd ask this year.

Do you all have confidence that the Ravens can go downfield and answer back before halftime?

[Irishraven]

Honestly, I really think it depends on the secondary we are playing, I felt the Colts secondary were there for the taking and that Flacco would be picking them apart - the whole reason behind why i thought we could win this game!

COME ON FLACCO!!!!

[CRZA938]

And touchdown Colts.

So, here is the question that I never thought I'd ask this year.

Do you all have confidence that the Ravens can go downfield and answer back before halftime?

I do if they don't go conservative.

[Sephy]

Webb to the 27.
Ravens have 2 timeouts left, and about 1:20 to work with.

1st, incomplete for Rice.
2nd, complete to Heap for 4-5 and OOB.
3rd and 6, complete to Mason for 8-9 and a first.

[Sephy]

1st from the 41, dump to Rice who had blockers but stopped after 5-6. Ravens take TO. 36 seconds left.

[StingerNLG]

I do if they don't go conservative.

Well, it's almost exactly what it looks like they are doing. Once again, can't do anything but checkdown.

Edit: Except for that pass. Finally one in the middle of the field.

[Sephy]

2nd and 4, over the middle complete to Mase for a big first down. Great throw. TO Ravens with 29s left. Down to the 34.

[Sephy]

1st, 29s left, dump to Rice down to the 17. Ravens will run to spike, and do at 12 seconds.

[StingerNLG]

Shit.

14-12 at the half with us getting the ball back? I would never have thought this one. I'll take it.

[Sephy]

2nd and 10, from the 17, 12 seconds left. Time for 1 shot. Flacco under a ton of pressure, and throws inc for Mason. Cundiff comes on with 7 seconds left.

For the 36 yarder - good! 14-12 Colts at the half, that's about as good as we could have hoped. Ravens get the ball after halftime. Take that for a TD and see what happens!

[TTRaven]

Shit.

14-12 at the half with us getting the ball back? I would never have thought this one. I'll take it.

And we finally started taking shots down the field on that last drive. Lets see another drive like that to start the 2nd half.

[UKRavenGordon]

This team has got better in the second half in most games. Rice especially. Come on Ravens, we can do this!

[TTRaven]

This team has got better in the second half in most games. Rice especially. Come on Ravens, we can do this!

This probably had a lot to do with the decision to defer the ball.

[UKRavenGordon]

This probably had a lot to do with the decision to defer the ball.

Probably. If we start the half with a TD then its good job Harbaugh!

[Irishraven]

This probably had a lot to do with the decision to defer the ball.

If the end of the first half is a blue print for the second half then I think we can sneak this one!

Lets hope Ray is okay and we come out fighting fast

[StingerNLG]

This team has got better in the second half in most games. Rice especially. Come on Ravens, we can do this!

I really hope so. We HAVE to score a touchdown soon.

[Sephy]

Webb takes a knee.

1st, Rice stopped at the line, gets 1. Really need to mix up some playcalling here.
2nd and 9, Rice breaks 2 tackles and gets 7.
3rd and 2, thrown behind and incomplete from his man. Just a bad pass from Flacco.

[StingerNLG]

Fuck. Bad throw by Flacco. Come on guys!!!

Run, run, pass, punt - 3 and out.

Awesome.

[Lee Van Cleef]

First offensive snap of the half and Grubbs gets blown 2 yards back on initial contact. Looked like he stepped on an explosive or something. Terrible.

:thumbdown:

[CRZA938]

Fuck. Bad throw by Flacco. Come on guys!!!

That is an easy pitch and catch for a first down. Peyton makes that play 100 times out of 100.

[Irishraven]

and there goes our advantage!

[UKRavenGordon]

Not seen much of Kruger thus far...

[Sephy]

Colts at the 33.

1st, Addai carries, gets a couple.
2nd and 7, Ravens blitz, Peyton completes to Santi right over Gooden who looked terrible in coverage there.

[StingerNLG]

And here come the Colts.

[Irishraven]

Not seen much of Kruger thus far...

or our WRs...

[Sephy]

1st, from the 49, Addai gets about 3.
2nd and 7, Edwards being held horribly RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE REF, no call, complete to Wayne inside the 30.

Unbelievable.

[Sephy]

1st from the 27, great penetration but they all end up not touching Addai, who goes for 6.
2nd and 4, slant to Garcon, Fabian playing 15 yards off of. Ridiculous.

[Irishraven]

1st from the 27, great penetration but they all end up not touching Addai, who goes for 6.
2nd and 4, slant to Garcon, Fabian playing 15 yards off of. Ridiculous.

Why oh Why are they not playing closer????

[Sephy]

1st from the 12, Brown shakes a man in the backfield, gets 2.
2nd and 8, complete, FUMBLED BY SANTI RAVENS RECOVER!!!

HE WAS ROCKED!!!

[StingerNLG]

Ravens ball!!!! Ravens Ball!!!!

What a hit by Ray Lewis to jar the ball loose!!!

[UKRavenGordon]

What a hit! Get in!

[RavenScallywag]

Johnny Unitas is sending us gifts from heaven on defense!

[Lee Van Cleef]

Ed and Ray on the same play.

That's awesome.

[Sephy]

Reed delivered the first hit to send him spinning one way, then Ray hit him from the other direction and knocked the ball out, and Dwan recovers!

HUGE, HUGE play. Need to answer, offense!!!

[CRZA938]

Ray lewis

[Aces2Bluff]

Amazing play.... LETS GO OFFENSE

[CRZA938]

Let's go o!!! Stay aggressive!!!

[Lee Van Cleef]

We're what? +3 on turnovers? and still behind?

[TTRaven]

Tom Santi is taking a beating. Too bad he's having the best game of his career against us.

[Sephy]

Willis in this deep in Ravens territory.

1st, give is to McClain for a few.
2nd and 7, Flacco deep and MASON GOES UP AND MAKES A GREAT CATCH PAST MIDFIELD!!

[StingerNLG]

WOW!!!!!!!!

Derrick Mason with a HUGE CATCH!!!!

HOLY FUCK!!!

[TTRaven]

Derrick Mason! There's your big play Stinger!

[BlackSunday]

Ed and Ray on the same play.

That's awesome.Miami Sandwich.

Woot DMase.

BS

[StingerNLG]

WHEW!!! Another bullet dodged. He's out of bounds.


And I'm not so sure he wasn't down anyway. I'd almost challenge that based on the field position.

Edit;

Challenge it!!! He's DOWN!!!!

[TTRaven]

Was McGahee down?

[Sephy]

1st, Ravens at the 48, Willis gets a big gain past the first down marker, fumbles, then the Ravens recover way back. Refs still talking. I thought he was down!

And he was! Harbs better challenge this, and he does.

He is definitely down.

[TTRaven]

McGahee is laying on the ground and then the ball comes out. They have to overturn this.

[RavenScallywag]

Going to be close, commentators think he was down before fumble...

Come on, we are getting gifts left and right...SOMETHING is trying to tell us to WIN THIS GAME!

[CRZA938]

should be our ball.

[StingerNLG]

should be our ball.

It's our ball either way. This is about field position.

[TTRaven]

should be our ball.

It's our ball either way. It's all about field position.

[RavenScallywag]

If it stands, takes a LOT of momentum out of us...

AND IT'S OVERRULED!

Let's roll!!!!!

[StingerNLG]

WOOHOOO!!!!! Wow, when were these refs hired??

[Sephy]

Easy call, IMO. Way clearer than the first one.

1st from about the 32-33, Rice who gets a hole and a burst to the 18!!

[Irishraven]

WOOHOOO!!!!! Wow, when were these refs hired??

LOL :respect

[RavenScallywag]

Can we have these guys as our regular crew? They are being spot on.

[StingerNLG]

Matt Burk with the bloody nose again.

Nice run by Rice.

We need a touchdown. We need a touchdown BADLY!

[TTRaven]

WOOHOOO!!!!! Wow, when were these refs hired??

Best refs I've seen all season. All the calls have been fair even the calls against us.

[RavenScallywag]

Someone call the FBI, we just found Mark Clayton!

[StingerNLG]

Fuck. Come on guys. Everyone in the stadium knew McClain was getting the ball. How about something a little different?


AND that is why. Cundiff misses HORRIBLY.

Why can't we get into the endzone anymore????

[Sephy]

1st, Rice stopped at the line. No gain.
2nd and 10, caught by Clayton, gain of 9.
3rd and short, McClain stopped for a loss. Ravens telegraphed that. Same exact play as earlier. Really disillusioned by Cam's playcalling right now. FUCK we are wasting opportunities!

And Cundiff misses it.

You have to be FUCKING KIDDING ME

[RavenScallywag]

CUT BILLY CUNDIFF, NOW!

j/k...sucks on the miss though :(

[TTRaven]

Another field goal and he misses. I knew that was going to happen sooner or later.

[Sephy]

This is embarassing. First, the weak ass playcall. Then, to kick and have Cundiff miss a chip shot. Fucking ridiculous!!

[UKRavenGordon]

Bollocks...

[Raveninwoodlawn]

I'm fucking done.

This is what the fucking offense gets for not scroing 1...just 1 damn TD!

And Harbs has to get some balls and go for it.

[Irishraven]

Bollocks...

Our D are doing all they can to stop these Colts and the O just can't do it in the Redzone :(

[StingerNLG]

This is embarassing. First, the weak ass playcall. Then, to kick and have Cundiff miss a chip shot. Fucking ridiculous!!

I thought we were playing to win, but I am starting to wonder what the fuck gameplan is being called here.

[RavenScallywag]

Why am I reminded of the SD game? They had a ton of FGs and lost...

After this drive, we need to start going for it.

[TTRaven]

The miss doesn't hurt that much now. Reed to return the punt.

[Sephy]

Goddamn it we should be ahead by 10+ points right now!! SO FRUSTRATING

1st, Addai for 2.
2nd and 8, Addai dances for 4.
3rd and 4, pass off Clark's hands and almost picked by Fox! 3 and out, BIG TIME.

Reed is back.

To the 31.

[StingerNLG]

Damn, Dallas Clark outright missed that one.

Come on offense!!

[Sephy]

Wow. KC has tied Pittsburgh. Look out now..

[CRZA938]

The miss doesn't hurt that much now. Reed to return the punt.

Did someone get held on that punt to Reed?

[Sephy]

1st, swing to Rice for 3.
2nd and 7, caught by Heap for 13-14 and a first.

[TTRaven]

Did someone get held on that punt to Reed?

Not that I saw.

[StingerNLG]

Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Derrick!!!!!!!

[TTRaven]

Mason heard footsteps. Makes up for it with a first down catch.

[Sephy]

1st, from the 46, wide open is Mason at the 30 and he DROPS IT. Perfect. Wow. Just Wow, Mason.
2nd, Mason makes a much more difficult catch at the Colts 40 and a first. LOL.

[StingerNLG]

Ok ok ok. Nice recovery Mason.

[TTRaven]

What a stupid play call!

[Sephy]

1st, Rice for 3.
2nd and 7, playfake and Flacco keeper that someone on the Colts D was all over, and Flacco has to limit the loss, ends up running to the sideline and loses 2.
3rd and 9, Ravens let it tick off.

[Sephy]

Ravens have had success on plays like that in the past, but usually on weaker and slower defenses. Not going to work against a disciplined fast D like the Colts.

[Raveninwoodlawn]

That was probably the dumbest call I've ever seen.

Really Cam? Really?

[RavenScallywag]

If I may...being down 2 to the Colts in the 4th Q? Wow, definitley better than I expected.

Offense needs points, D needs to hold.

[CRZA938]

That was probably the dumbest call I've ever seen.

Really Cam? Really?

Worst call ever. What in the world was that?

[RavenScallywag]

D Offsides...yes! now a 3rd and 4.

[StingerNLG]

Offsides! Alright.

[OriAl]

Is it time to bring back Cavanaugh and Boller? Cameron and Flacco stil can't score TDs. We should be winning this game by a bunch, but again, three quarters, no TDs, can't convert third downs, poor play calls, missed FG.

Bah.

[Sephy]

3rd and 9, flag flies almost right away, complete to Rice for 7. Offside.
3rd and 4, complete to LJ Smith for 5! Sighting!

[RavenScallywag]

Wow, we're finding ALL kinds of lost players...

L.J. Smith????

[StingerNLG]

LJ Smith sighting!! And he got up healthy! :D

[Sephy]

1st from the 29, Rice gets no hole, 2 only.
2nd and 8.5, complete to Mason for 15! Gaither was holding his man pretty bad, but its not like we haven't had our men held like that.

[RavenScallywag]

Derrick Mason is killing me in FFL, but I will TAKE IT!

[StingerNLG]

Another great catch by Mason!

come on guys, we NEED A TOUCHDOWN!!!

[srobert96]

Thought Gaither was going to get flagged on that one

[TTRaven]

Should have been a flag on Mathis. He hit Flacco in the head.

[Sephy]

Great move by Mason. Looks like Mathis had a hit to the head too.

1st from the 15, Rice for 2.
2nd and 8, complete to Mason, to the ONE! First and goal. GREAT laser by Flacc!

[UKRavenGordon]

Begging for the TD

[StingerNLG]

Ok, NOW give it to McClain!

[RavenScallywag]

3rd and goal...SOAB, I bet we don't get it.

Screen pass?

[BlackSunday]

Ack - now what?

BS

[RavenScallywag]

OMG, WHAT THE HELL, DRAW TO MCGAHEE??

Of COURSE that didn't work.

Damn it.

[StingerNLG]

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck!!!!!


Come on!!!!

Cam Cameron has turned into Brian Billick!

[Sephy]

1st, Flacco sneaks, no TD.
2nd and goal from the half yard, Willis, NO GAIN.
3rd and goal, Willis loses 1. UGH. And now they kick.



Ravens lead, 15-14. This is uncanny. HOW CAN YOU NOT GET A TD

[TTRaven]

Come on Cameron! No imagination at all with those 3 running plays.

[UKRavenGordon]

God damn, a lead but Jesus!

[RavenScallywag]

And another f-ing FG...

We're going to lose like SD. I am telling you now. We're on the 1 yard line, just GO FOR IT!

[Sephy]

Really, REALLY disillusioned by Cam. Numerous times this season I feel he has made incredibly questionable calls in the gameplan. Starting to get really annoyed with it.

[TTRaven]

And another f-ing FG...

We're going to lose like SD. I am telling you now. We're on the 1 yard line, just GO FOR IT!

No way you go for it when you can take the lead with a FG.

[RavenScallywag]

I understand wanting to play it safe and get the lead, but you know what Manning can do....we need more points, not safe playcalls.

[OriAl]

Three runs up the middle from the one, including a delay. Cameron is an idiot. Why not a rollout on one play - pass or run option? No imagination at all. This team doesn't play to win. No guts in the red zone.

We should have gone for it on fourth down on our last possession.

[StingerNLG]

How are we a playoff team playing like this? If we somehow pull this out, that's one more step to the show. But how far do we get?

[RavenScallywag]

And once again, Webb makes a play...although this was more to save a big break, not make a huge stop.

Still, LOVE the way this kid plays!

[Lee Van Cleef]

Hell, I would have run a QB sneak on second down too. Birk was getting good push, the guards however... Chester is just not playing strong enough.

[StingerNLG]

I understand wanting to play it safe and get the lead, but you know what Manning can do....we need more points, not safe playcalls.

Ask Bill Belichick about that. He'll tell you the same thing.

I just don't understand how you run into the middle of the line 3 times in a row. Especially when the Colts know it's coming.

[RavenScallywag]

How are we a playoff team playing like this? If we somehow pull this out, that's one more step to the show. But how far do we get?

The real question is how are the Colts an unbeaten team, with us playing this well against them. Our D has three gift turnovers, but otherwise, we haven't been anything special.

[Raveninwoodlawn]

I would have gave it to McClain or had Joe sneak again.

Cam has just been off...Joe was off in the first half, now Cam has totally lost it.

[Sephy]

The Ravens have outplayed the Colts today, and the only reason this isn't a bigger lead is Cam, IMO.

[Sephy]

1st, Colts from the 33, complete to Wayne, and 2-3 Ravens take bad angles and they get a first.

[RavenScallywag]

I stand by what I said...the Colts will get a score and be up by TWO FGs...with 1 yard to go, we could've had a MUCH better lead going for it.

I know it's a risky call, but at this point, we need to play to win, not "play not to lose"

[Sephy]

1st, Peyton overthrows Santi who slipped.
2nd, Kruger in now, gets close, complete to Garcon who easily gets to the 42. Pathetic coverage from Fabian.

[TTRaven]

God our CB's are horrible!

[StingerNLG]

And now the Colts are rolling down the field again.

[Sephy]

1st, end around to Garcon after the playfake, looked like he wanted to throw and a big loss! Then Ngata is called for a PF!!

OMG

[RavenScallywag]

Oh come on! Ngata gets Late Hit call. DAMN IT

[TTRaven]

Paul Kruger makes a play and Haloti Ngata does the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

[StingerNLG]

Oh HALOTI!!!!! You can't do that big man!!!!

Sigh.